Postoperative sleep disturbances: Mechanisms and clinical implications

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 552-559

  Rosenberg Adamsen, S ^b   Kehlet, H ^b   Dodds, C ^b   Rosenberg, J ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypoxaemia; Sleep; Sleep, postoperative

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 0029940084     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.4.552     Document Type: Article

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